10.11.07 - 03:14pm
The report that first came out in 2006 detailing the appalling working conditions of Chinese laborers working for Foxconn and by default Apple to produce iPods, was a story that was quickly shutdown. Word has now come out of China from undercover reporters of why and how.
China has longed suppressed all information coming into the country controlling the news, media and print with zeal. When the internet first came into play, information began to filter through to the Chinese people. In order to combat this crack in the Chinese wall on information, before it could break through and become a flood, China set up cyber-police to monitor all activity of internet users.
In the 17-page report just released by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, allegations are made that there are tens of thousands of these Chinese cyber-police who often send text messages dictating to writers what they can, and what they can not write about.
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04.04.07 - 11:10am
Another plant is going up in China from Foxconn, also known as Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry group. The company is investing $1 billion in the new plant.
Foxconn is currently the manufacturer of Apple’s famous iPod and may even be the maker of the new iPhone, something neither Apple nor Foxconn has been willing to discuss.
The new factory will produce printed circuit boards and connectors for Foxconn’s contract electronics manufacturing customers.
Over 30,000 workers will be employed in the factories located in the Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone in Hebei province.
Although Terry Gou, the controller of Hon Hai group has already signed the agreement for the investment approval is still needed from the Chinese Government.
Gou is Taiwan’s second-richest person with an estimated wealth of US$5.5 billion, behind Cathay Financial Holding Co Chairman Tsai Hong-tu, according to Forbes Magazine.
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